Robert H. McCaslin. vicechairman. The committee organized the pastors and the religious workers. white and colored. and served in every concentration point. day and night. comforting and ministering to the sufferers. holding services. and placing refugees in homes wherever possible. The railroads. air lines. street railway and bus lines. ambulances. steamboat and other transportation agencies. including taxicab companies and private automobile owners. cooperated to the fullest in moving refugees into and out of Memphis. The four large radio stations broadcasting from Memphis joined with hundreds of smaller stations in the flood areas and with amateur and shortwave stations in disseminating information of vital importance to those in the path of the onrushing waters. as well as to the scores of rescue parties working day and night to save those in danger. The Signal Corps improvised an effective communication system for the battle.
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